The United Kingdom advised its citizens not to travel to Russia due to a lack of available flights and volatile economy, the Foreign Office warned on Monday.
The advice comes after Russia banned airlines from 36 countries, including Germany and Canada, from using its airspace in response to sanctions.
On its website, the Foreign Office urged people in Russia to "amend any travel plans accordingly".
In the same vein, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps ordered all UK seaports to turn away Russian vessels, in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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The banning order applied to "any ship which they have reason to believe is owned, controlled or operated by any person connected with Russia" or on a sanctions list, "flying the Russian flag; registered in Russia", he tweeted.
On Friday, Russia’s civil aviation authority banned UK flights to and over Russia in retaliation for the British ban on Aeroflot.
The regulator noted that the measure was taken in response to the “unfriendly decisions” by the British authorities who banned flights to the UK by Russia’s flag carrier as part of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
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